to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
depravity; corruption; degradation
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to hide; to keep to oneself
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
descendant; scion; lineage
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to kick (at someone, something)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
big frame; large figure; huge body
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to collapse into; to flop onto
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing